Juz 8

1. ۞ وَلَوۡ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَحَشَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖ قُبُلٗا مَّا كَانُواْ لِيُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ يَجۡهَلُونَ ١١١

   Wa law annanā nazzalnā ilayhimul-malāʾikata wa kallamahumul-mawtā wa ḥasharnā ʿalayhim kulla shayʾin qubulam mā kānū liyuʾminū illā ay yashāʾallāhu wa lākinna aktharahum yajhalūn.

   And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allāh should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

2. وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّٗا شَيَٰطِينَ ٱلۡإِنسِ وَٱلۡجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ زُخۡرُفَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ غُرُورٗاۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ ١١٢

   Wa kadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan shayāṭīnal-insi wal-jinni yūḥī baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin zukhrufal-qawli ghurūrā, wa law shāʾa rabbuka mā faʿalūh, fadharhum wa mā yaftarūn.

   And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.

3. وَلِتَصۡغَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَفۡـِٔدَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَلِيَرۡضَوۡهُ وَلِيَقۡتَرِفُواْ مَا هُم مُّقۡتَرِفُونَ ١١٣

   Walitaṣghā ilayhi afʾidatul-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati waliyarḍawhu waliyaqtarifū mā hum muqtarifūn.

   And [it is] so the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will incline toward it [i.e., deceptive speech] and that they will be satisfied with it and that they will commit that which they are committing.

4. أَفَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡتَغِي حَكَمٗا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ إِلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مُفَصَّلٗاۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ مُنَزَّلٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ ١١٤

   Afaghayrallāhi abtaghī ḥakamaw wa huwal-ladhī anzala ilaykumul-kitāba mufaṣṣalā, wal-ladhīna ātaynāhumul-kitāba yaʿlamūna annahū munazzalum mir rabbika bil-ḥaqq, falā takūnanna minal-mumtarīn.

   [Say], "Then is it other than Allāh I should seek as judge while it is He who has revealed to you the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] explained in detail?" And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture know that it is sent down from your Lord in truth, so never be among the doubters.

5. وَتَمَّتۡ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدۡقٗا وَعَدۡلٗاۚ لَّا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ١١٥

   Wa tammat kalimatu rabbika ṣidqaw wa ʿadlā, lā mubaddila likalimātih, wa huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

   And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can alter His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

6. وَإِن تُطِعۡ أَكۡثَرَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ١١٦

   Wa in tuṭiʿ akthara man fil-arḍi yuḍillūka ʿan sabīlillāh, iy yattabiʿūna illaẓ-ẓanna wa in hum illā yakhruṣūn.

   And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allāh. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but misjudging.¹

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   1. Out of ignorance and blind imitation.

7. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۖ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ١١٧

   Inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu may yaḍillu ʿan sabīlih, wa huwa aʿlamu bil-muhtadīn.

   Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

8. فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسۡمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهِ إِن كُنتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٨

   Fakulū mimmā dhukirasmullāhi ʿalayhi in kuntum biʾāyātihī muʾminīn.

   So eat of that [meat] upon which the name of Allāh has been mentioned,¹ if you are believers in His verses [i.e., revealed law].

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   1. At the time of slaughter.

9. وَمَا لَكُمۡ أَلَّا تَأۡكُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسۡمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهِ وَقَدۡ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِلَّا مَا ٱضۡطُرِرۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا لَّيُضِلُّونَ بِأَهۡوَآئِهِم بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَ ١١٩

   Wa mā lakum allā taʾkulū mimmā dhukirasmullāhi ʿalayhi wa qad faṣṣala lakum mā ḥarrama ʿalaykum illā maḍṭurirtum ilayh, wa inna kathīral layuḍillūna biʾahwāʾihim bighayri ʿilm, inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu bil-muʿtadīn.

   And why should you not eat of that upon which the name of Allāh has been mentioned while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled.¹ And indeed do many lead [others] astray through their [own] inclinations without knowledge. Indeed, your Lord - He is most knowing of the transgressors.

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   1. In cases of dire necessity, what is normally prohibited becomes permissible, but only to the extent of the need.

10. وَذَرُواْ ظَٰهِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٱلۡإِثۡمَ سَيُجۡزَوۡنَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَقۡتَرِفُونَ ١٢٠

    Wadharū ẓāhiral-ithmi wa bāṭinah, innal-ladhīna yaksibūnal-ithma sayujzawna bimā kānū yaqtarifūn.

    And leave [i.e., desist from] what is apparent of sin and what is concealed thereof. Indeed, those who earn [blame for] sin will be recompensed for that which they used to commit.

11. وَلَا تَأۡكُلُواْ مِمَّا لَمۡ يُذۡكَرِ ٱسۡمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِسۡقٞۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَوۡلِيَآئِهِمۡ لِيُجَٰدِلُوكُمۡۖ وَإِنۡ أَطَعۡتُمُوهُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ لَمُشۡرِكُونَ ١٢١

    Wa lā taʾkulū mimmā lam yudhkarismullāhi ʿalayhi wa innahū lafisq, wa innash-shayāṭīna layūḥūna ilā awliyāʾihim liyujādilūkum, wa in aṭaʿtumūhum innakum lamushrikūn.

    And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allāh has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience. And indeed do the devils inspire their allies [among men] to dispute with you. And if you were to obey them, indeed, you would be associators [of others with Him].¹

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    1. i.e., by your obedience to them - obedience being the basis of worship.

12. أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيۡتٗا فَأَحۡيَيۡنَٰهُ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُۥ نُورٗا يَمۡشِي بِهِۦ فِي ٱلنَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُۥ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ لَيۡسَ بِخَارِجٖ مِّنۡهَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٢٢

    Awaman kāna maytan fa aḥyaynāhu wa jaʿalnā lahū nūray yamshī bihī fin-nāsi kamam mathaluhū fiẓ-ẓulumāti laysa bikhārijim minhā, kadhālika zuyyina lil-kāfirīna mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    And is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge therefrom? Thus it has been made pleasing to the disbelievers that which they were doing.

13. وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرۡيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجۡرِمِيهَا لِيَمۡكُرُواْ فِيهَاۖ وَمَا يَمۡكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١٢٣

    Wa kadhālika jaʿalnā fī kulli qaryatin akābira mujrimīhā liyamkurū fīhā, wa mā yamkurūna illā biʾanfusihim wa mā yashʿurūn.

    And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

14. وَإِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ءَايَةٞ قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ حَتَّىٰ نُؤۡتَىٰ مِثۡلَ مَآ أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ ٱللَّهِۘ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ حَيۡثُ يَجۡعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُۥۗ سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ صَغَارٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعَذَابٞ شَدِيدُۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَمۡكُرُونَ ١٢٤

    Wa idhā jāʾathum āyatun qālū lan nuʾmina ḥattā nuʾtā mithla mā ūtiya rusulullāh, allāhu aʿlamu ḥaythu yajʿalu risālatah, sayuṣībul-ladhīna ajramū ṣaghārun ʿindallāhi wa ʿadhābun shadīdum bimā kānū yamkurūn.

    And when a sign comes to them, they say, "Never will we believe until we are given like that which was given to the messengers of Allāh." Allāh is most knowing of where [i.e., with whom] He places His message. There will afflict those who committed crimes debasement before Allāh and severe punishment for what they used to conspire.

15. فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهۡدِيَهُۥ يَشۡرَحۡ صَدۡرَهُۥ لِلۡإِسۡلَٰمِۖ وَمَن يُرِدۡ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجۡعَلۡ صَدۡرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجٗا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجۡسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٢٥

    Famay yuridillāhu ay yahdiyahū yashraḥ ṣadrahū lil-islām, wa may yurid ay yuḍillahū yajʿal ṣadrahū ḍayyiqan ḥarajan kaʾannamā yaṣṣaʿʿadu fis-samāʾ, kadhālika yajʿalullāhur-rijsa ʿalal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūn.

    So whoever Allāh wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islām; and whoever He wants to send astray¹ - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allāh place defilement upon those who do not believe.

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    1. As a result of the person's arrogance and persistence in sin.

16. وَهَٰذَا صِرَٰطُ رَبِّكَ مُسۡتَقِيمٗاۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ١٢٦

    Wa hādhā ṣirāṭu rabbika mustaqīmā, qad faṣṣalnal-āyāti liqawmiy yadhdhakkarūn.

    And this is the path of your Lord, [leading] straight. We have detailed the verses for a people who remember.

17. ۞ لَهُمۡ دَارُ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡۖ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٢٧

    Lahum dārus-salāmi ʿinda rabbihim, wa huwa waliyyuhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    For them will be the Home of Peace [i.e., Paradise] with their Lord. And He will be their protecting friend because of what they used to do.

18. وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ قَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِۖ وَقَالَ أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ رَبَّنَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَ بَعۡضُنَا بِبَعۡضٖ وَبَلَغۡنَآ أَجَلَنَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَجَّلۡتَ لَنَاۚ قَالَ ٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ١٢٨

    Wa yawma yaḥshuruhum jamīʿay yāmaʿsharal-jinni qadistakthartum minal-ins, wa qāla awliyāʾuhum minal-insi rabbanastamtaʿa baʿḍunā bibaʿḍiw wa balaghnā ajalanal-ladhī ajjalta lanā, qālan-nāru mathwākum khālidīna fīhā illā mā shāʾallāh, inna rabbaka ḥakīmun ʿalīm.

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when He will gather them together [and say], "O company of jinn, you have [misled] many of mankind." And their allies among mankind will say, "Our Lord, some of us made use of others, and we have [now] reached our term which You appointed for us." He will say, "The Fire is your residence, wherein you will abide eternally, except for what Allāh wills. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."

19. وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعۡضَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعۡضَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٢٩

    Wa kadhālika nuwallī baʿḍaẓ-ẓālimīna baʿḍam bimā kānū yaksibūn.

    And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.¹

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    1. Another interpretation pertaining to this world is "And thus do We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they have been earning."

20. يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ رُسُلٞ مِّنكُمۡ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي وَيُنذِرُونَكُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَاۚ قَالُواْ شَهِدۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِنَاۖ وَغَرَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰفِرِينَ ١٣٠

    Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi alam yaʾtikum rusulum minkum yaquṣṣūna ʿalaykum āyātī wa yundhirūnakum liqāʾa yawmikum hādhā, qālū shahidnā ʿalā anfusinā, wa gharrathumul-ḥayātud-dunyā wa shahidū ʿalā anfusihim annahum kānū kāfirīn.

    "O company of jinn and mankind,¹ did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "We bear witness against ourselves"; and the worldly life had deluded them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

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    1. They will be reproached thus at the Judgement.

21. ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمۡ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمٖ وَأَهۡلُهَا غَٰفِلُونَ ١٣١

    Dhālika al lam yakur rabbuka muhlikal-qurā biẓulmiw wa ahluhā ghāfilūn.

    That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing¹ while their people were unaware.

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    1. Or "unjustly."

22. وَلِكُلّٖ دَرَجَٰتٞ مِّمَّا عَمِلُواْۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٣٢

    Walikullin darajātum mimmā ʿamilū, wa mā rabbuka bighāfilin ʿammā yaʿmalūn.

    And for all are degrees [i.e., positions resulting] from what they have done. And your Lord is not unaware of what they do.

23. وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۚ إِن يَشَأۡ يُذۡهِبۡكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفۡ مِنۢ بَعۡدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوۡمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ ١٣٣

    Wa rabbukal-ghaniyyu dhur-raḥmah, iy yashaʾ yudhhibkum wa yastakhlif mim baʿdikum mā yashāʾu kamā anshaʾakum min dhurriyyati qawmin ākharīn.

    And your Lord is the Free of need, the possessor of mercy. If He wills, He can do away with you and give succession after you to whomever He wills, just as He produced you from the descendants of another people.

24. إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَأٓتٖۖ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ ١٣٤

    Inna mā tūʿadūna laʾāt, wa mā antum bimuʿjizīn.

    Indeed, what you are promised is coming, and you will not cause failure [to Allāh].¹

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    1. i.e., You will neither escape nor prevent its occurrence.

25. قُلۡ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنِّي عَامِلٞۖ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ١٣٥

    Qul yāqawmiʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum innī ʿāmil, fasawfa taʿlamūna man takūnu lahū ʿāqibatud-dār, innahū lā yufliḥuẓ-ẓālimūn.

    Say, "O my people, work according to your position; [for] indeed, I am working. And you are going to know who will have succession in the home.¹ Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed."

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    1. i.e., in the land or in the Hereafter.

26. وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَرۡثِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ نَصِيبٗا فَقَالُواْ هَٰذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ وَهَٰذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَاۖ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ فَلَا يَصِلُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ شُرَكَآئِهِمۡۗ سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ١٣٦

    Wa jaʿalū lillāhi mimmā dharaʾa minal-ḥarthi wal-anʿāmi naṣīban faqālū hādhā lillāhi bizaʿmihim wa hādhā lishurakāʾinā, famā kāna lishurakāʾihim falā yaṣilu ilallāh, wa mā kāna lillāhi fahuwa yaṣilu ilā shurakāʾihim, sāʾa mā yaḥkumūn.

    And they [i.e., the polytheists] assign to Allāh from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allāh," by their claim, "and this is for our 'partners' [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allāh, while what is for Allāh - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.

27. وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ قَتۡلَ أَوۡلَٰدِهِمۡ شُرَكَآؤُهُمۡ لِيُرۡدُوهُمۡ وَلِيَلۡبِسُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دِينَهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣٧

    Wa kadhālika zayyana likathīrim minal-mushrikīna qatla awlādihim shurakāʾuhum liyurdūhum waliyalbisū ʿalayhim dīnahum, wa law shāʾallāhu mā faʿalūh, fadharhum wa mā yaftarūn.

    And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners¹ have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.

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    1. Their evil associates.

28. وَقَالُواْ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنۡعَٰمٞ وَحَرۡثٌ حِجۡرٞ لَّا يَطۡعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ وَأَنۡعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتۡ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنۡعَٰمٞ لَّا يَذۡكُرُونَ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَا ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَيۡهِۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣٨

    Wa qālū hādhihī anʿāmuw wa ḥarthun ḥijrul lā yaṭʿamuhā illā man nashāʾu bizaʿmihim wa anʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā wa anʿāmul lā yadhkurūnasmallāhi ʿalayhaftirāʾan ʿalayh, sayajzīhim bimā kānū yaftarūn.

    And they say, "These animals¹ and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them]² and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned³ - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him.⁴ He will punish them for what they were inventing.

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    1. The four categories of grazing livestock called "anʿām" collectively.
    2. See 5:103.
    3. At the time of slaughter. Rather, they are dedicated to others among their "deities."
    4. i.e., false assertions that such practices are part of Allāh's religion.

29. وَقَالُواْ مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٞ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِنَاۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيۡتَةٗ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِمۡ وَصۡفَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ١٣٩

    Wa qālū mā fī buṭūni hādhihil-anʿāmi khāliṣatul lidhukūrinā wa muḥarramun ʿalā azwājinā, wa iy yakum maytatan fahum fīhi shurakāʾ, sayajzīhim waṣfahum, innahū ḥakīmun ʿalīm.

    And they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals¹ is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description.² Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

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    1. i.e., their milk and offspring.
    2. Of what is lawful and unlawful according to their whims.

30. قَدۡ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ سَفَهَۢا بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَحَرَّمُواْ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ ١٤٠

    Qad khasiral-ladhīna qatalū awlādahum safaham bighayri ʿilmiw wa ḥarramū mā razaqahumullāhuftirāʾan ʿalallāh, qad ḍallū wa mā kānū muhtadīn.

    They will have lost who killed their children in foolishness without knowledge and prohibited what Allāh had provided for them, inventing untruth about Allāh. They have gone astray and were not [rightly] guided.

31. ۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٖ مَّعۡرُوشَٰتٖ وَغَيۡرَ مَعۡرُوشَٰتٖ وَٱلنَّخۡلَ وَٱلزَّرۡعَ مُخۡتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهٗا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٖۚ كُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَءَاتُواْ حَقَّهُۥ يَوۡمَ حَصَادِهِۦۖ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٤١

    Wa huwal-ladhī anshaʾa jannātim maʿrūshātiw wa ghayra maʿrūshātiw wan-nakhla waz-zarʿa mukhtalifan ukuluhū waz-zaytūna war-rummāna mutashābihaw wa ghayra mutashābih, kulū min thamarihī idhā athmara wa ātū ḥaqqahū yawma ḥaṣādih, wa lā tusrifū, innahū lā yuḥibbul-musrifīn.

    And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakāh] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive.¹ Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.

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    1. In eating, as well as in all things generally.

32. وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ حَمُولَةٗ وَفَرۡشٗاۚ كُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٤٢

    Wa minal-anʿāmi ḥamūlataw wa farshā, kulū mimmā razaqakumullāhu wa lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwātish-shayṭān, innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn.

    And of the grazing livestock are carriers [of burdens] and those [too] small. Eat of what Allāh has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan.¹ Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

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    1. As the disbelievers have done in making their own rulings about what is permissible and what is prohibited.

33. ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزۡوَٰجٖۖ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡمَعۡزِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۗ قُلۡ ءَآلذَّكَرَيۡنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِ أَمَّا ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَرۡحَامُ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۖ نَبِّـُٔونِي بِعِلۡمٍ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٤٣

    Thamāniyata azwāj, minaḍ-ḍaʾnithnayni wa minal-maʿzithnayn, qul ādh-dhakarayni ḥarrama amil-unthayayni ammashtamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmul-unthayayn, nabbiʾūnī biʿilmin in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."

34. وَمِنَ ٱلۡإِبِلِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡبَقَرِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۗ قُلۡ ءَآلذَّكَرَيۡنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِ أَمَّا ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَرۡحَامُ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۖ أَمۡ كُنتُمۡ شُهَدَآءَ إِذۡ وَصَّىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَاۚ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا لِّيُضِلَّ ٱلنَّاسَ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٤٤

    Wa minal-ibilithnayni wa minal-baqarithnayn, qul ādh-dhakarayni ḥarrama amil-unthayayni ammashtamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmul-unthayayn, am kuntum shuhadāʾa idh waṣṣākumullāhu bihādhā, faman aẓlamu mimmaniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhibal liyuḍillan-nāsa bighayri ʿilm, innallāha lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allāh charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people."

35. قُل لَّآ أَجِدُ فِي مَآ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَىٰ طَاعِمٖ يَطۡعَمُهُۥٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَكُونَ مَيۡتَةً أَوۡ دَمٗا مَّسۡفُوحًا أَوۡ لَحۡمَ خِنزِيرٖ فَإِنَّهُۥ رِجۡسٌ أَوۡ فِسۡقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦۚ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٖ وَلَا عَادٖ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١٤٥

    Qul lā ajidu fī mā ūḥiya ilayya muḥarraman ʿalā ṭāʿimiy yaṭʿamuhū illā ay yakūna maytatan aw damam masfūḥan aw laḥma khinzīrin fa innahū rijsun aw fisqan uhilla lighayrillāhi bih, famaniḍṭurra ghayra bāghiw wa lā ʿādin fa inna rabbaka ghafūrur raḥīm.

    Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allāh.¹ But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

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    1. Refer to 2:173 and 5:3.

36. وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا كُلَّ ذِي ظُفُرٖۖ وَمِنَ ٱلۡبَقَرِ وَٱلۡغَنَمِ حَرَّمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتۡ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ ٱلۡحَوَايَآ أَوۡ مَا ٱخۡتَلَطَ بِعَظۡمٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيۡنَٰهُم بِبَغۡيِهِمۡۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ١٤٦

    Wa ʿalal-ladhīna hādū ḥarramnā kulla dhī ẓufur, wa minal-baqari wal-ghanami ḥarramnā ʿalayhim shuḥūmahumā illā mā ḥamalat ẓuhūruhumā awil-ḥawāyā aw makhtalaṭa biʿaẓm, dhālika jazaynāhum bibaghyihim, wa innā laṣādiqūn.

    And to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat, except what adheres to their backs or the entrails or what is joined with bone. [By] that We repaid them for their transgression. And indeed, We are truthful.

37. فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُل رَّبُّكُمۡ ذُو رَحۡمَةٖ وَٰسِعَةٖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأۡسُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٤٧

    Fa in kadhdhabūka faqul rabbukum dhū raḥmatiw wāsiʿatiw wa lā yuraddu baʾsuhū ʿanil-qawmil-mujrimīn.

    So if they deny you, [O Muḥammad], say, "Your Lord is the possessor of vast mercy; but His punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals."

38. سَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشۡرَكۡنَا وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمۡنَا مِن شَيۡءٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ ذَاقُواْ بَأۡسَنَاۗ قُلۡ هَلۡ عِندَكُم مِّنۡ عِلۡمٖ فَتُخۡرِجُوهُ لَنَآۖ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا تَخۡرُصُونَ ١٤٨

    Sayaqūlul-ladhīna ashrakū law shāʾallāhu mā ashraknā wa lā ābāʾunā wa lā ḥarramnā min shayʾ, kadhālika kadhdhabal-ladhīna min qablihim ḥattā dhāqū baʾsanā, qul hal ʿindakum min ʿilmin fatukhrijūhu lanā, in tattabiʿūna illaẓ-ẓanna wa in antum illā takhruṣūn.

    Those who associated [others] with Allāh will say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have associated [anything] and neither would our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything." Likewise did those before deny until they tasted Our punishment. Say, "Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? You follow not except assumption, and you are not but misjudging."

39. قُلۡ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡحُجَّةُ ٱلۡبَٰلِغَةُۖ فَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٤٩

    Qul falillāhil-ḥujjatul-bālighah, falaw shāʾa lahadākum ajmaʿīn.

    Say, "With Allāh is the far-reaching [i.e., conclusive] argument. If He had willed, He would have guided you all."

40. قُلۡ هَلُمَّ شُهَدَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشۡهَدُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَ هَٰذَاۖ فَإِن شَهِدُواْ فَلَا تَشۡهَدۡ مَعَهُمۡۚ وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَهُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ يَعۡدِلُونَ ١٥٠

    Qul halumma shuhadāʾakumul-ladhīna yashhadūna annallāha ḥarrama hādhā, fa in shahidū falā tashhad maʿahum, wa lā tattabiʿ ahwāʾal-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā wal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati wa hum birabbihim yaʿdilūn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Bring forward your witnesses who will testify that Allāh has prohibited this." And if they testify, do not testify with them. And do not follow the desires of those who deny Our verses and those who do not believe in the Hereafter, while they equate [others] with their Lord.

41. ۞ قُلۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ أَتۡلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ أَلَّا تُشۡرِكُواْ بِهِۦ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ إِحۡسَٰنٗاۖ وَلَا تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَكُم مِّنۡ إِمۡلَٰقٖ نَّحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُكُمۡ وَإِيَّاهُمۡۖ وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَا وَمَا بَطَنَۖ وَلَا تَقۡتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٥١

    Qul taʿālaw atlu mā ḥarrama rabbukum ʿalaykum, allā tushrikū bihī shayʾā, wabil-wālidayni iḥsānā, wa lā taqtulū awlādakum min imlāqin naḥnu narzuqukum wa iyyāhum, wa lā taqrabul-fawāḥisha mā ẓahara minhā wa mā baṭan, wa lā taqtulun-nafsal-latī ḥarramallāhu illā bil-ḥaqq, dhālikum waṣṣākum bihī laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

    Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."

42. وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ مَالَ ٱلۡيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥۚ وَأَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۖ وَإِذَا قُلۡتُمۡ فَٱعۡدِلُواْ وَلَوۡ كَانَ ذَا قُرۡبَىٰۖ وَبِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡفُواْۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٥٢

    Wa lā taqrabū mālal-yatīmi illā bil-latī hiya aḥsanu ḥattā yablugha ashuddah, wa awful-kayla wal-mīzāna bil-qisṭ, lā nukallifu nafsan illā wusʿahā, wa idhā qultum faʿdilū wa law kāna dhā qurbā, wabiʿahdillāhi awfū, dhālikum waṣṣākum bihī laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

    And do not approach the orphan's property except in a way that is best [i.e., intending improvement] until he reaches maturity. And give full measure and weight in justice. We do not charge any soul except [with that within] its capacity. And when you speak [i.e., testify], be just, even if [it concerns] a near relative. And the covenant of Allāh fulfill. This has He instructed you that you may remember.

43. وَأَنَّ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطِي مُسۡتَقِيمٗا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمۡ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ١٥٣

    Wa anna hādhā ṣirāṭī mustaqīman fattabiʿūh, wa lā tattabiʿus-subula fatafarraqa bikum ʿan sabīlih, dhālikum waṣṣākum bihī laʿallakum tattaqūn.

    And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way. This has He instructed you that you may become righteous.

44. ثُمَّ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ تَمَامًا عَلَى ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡسَنَ وَتَفۡصِيلٗا لِّكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لَّعَلَّهُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٥٤

    Thumma ātaynā mūsal-kitāba tamāman ʿalal-ladhī aḥsana wa tafṣīlal likulli shayʾiw wa hudaw wa raḥmatal laʿallahum biliqāʾi rabbihim yuʾminūn.

    Then¹ We gave Moses the Scripture, making complete [Our favor] upon the one who did good [i.e., Moses] and as a detailed explanation of all things and as guidance and mercy that perhaps in the meeting with their Lord they would believe.

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    1. Meaning "additionally" or "moreover," not denoting time sequence.

45. وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ مُبَارَكٞ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَٱتَّقُواْ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ١٥٥

    Wa hādhā kitābun anzalnāhu mubārakun fattabiʿūhu wattaqū laʿallakum turḥamūn.

    And this [Qur’ān] is a Book We have revealed [which is] blessed, so follow it and fear Allāh that you may receive mercy.

46. أَن تَقُولُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيۡنِ مِن قَبۡلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمۡ لَغَٰفِلِينَ ١٥٦

    An taqūlū innamā unzilal-kitābu ʿalā ṭāʾifatayni min qablinā wa in kunnā ʿan dirāsatihim laghāfilīn.

    [We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"

47. أَوۡ تَقُولُواْ لَوۡ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمۡۚ فَقَدۡ جَآءَكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞۚ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنۡهَاۗ سَنَجۡزِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَصۡدِفُونَ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡدِفُونَ ١٥٧

    Aw taqūlū law annā unzila ʿalaynal-kitābu lakunnā ahdā minhum, faqad jāʾakum bayyinatum mir rabbikum wa hudaw wa raḥmah, faman aẓlamu mimman kadhdhaba biʾāyātillāhi wa ṣadafa ʿanhā, sanajzil-ladhīna yaṣdifūna ʿan āyātinā sūʾal-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yaṣdifūn.

    Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allāh and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.

48. هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ بَعۡضُ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّكَۗ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِي بَعۡضُ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفۡسًا إِيمَٰنُهَا لَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَامَنَتۡ مِن قَبۡلُ أَوۡ كَسَبَتۡ فِيٓ إِيمَٰنِهَا خَيۡرٗاۗ قُلِ ٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ١٥٨

    Hal yanẓurūna illā an taʾtiyahumul-malāʾikatu aw yaʾtiya rabbuka aw yaʾtiya baʿḍu āyāti rabbik, yawma yaʾtī baʿḍu āyāti rabbika lā yanfaʿu nafsan īmānuhā lam takun āmanat min qablu aw kasabat fī īmānihā khayrā, qulintaẓirū innā muntaẓirūn.

    Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs¹ of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."

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    1. Those denoting the approach of the Last Hour.

49. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُواْ دِينَهُمۡ وَكَانُواْ شِيَعٗا لَّسۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ فِي شَيۡءٍۚ إِنَّمَآ أَمۡرُهُمۡ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ١٥٩

    Innal-ladhīna farraqū dīnahum wa kānū shiyaʿal lasta minhum fī shayʾ, innamā amruhum ilallāhi thumma yunabbiʾuhum bimā kānū yafʿalūn.

    Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O Muḥammad], are not [associated] with them in anything. Their affair is only [left] to Allāh; then He will inform them about what they used to do.

50. مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشۡرُ أَمۡثَالِهَاۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجۡزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثۡلَهَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١٦٠

    Man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū ʿashru amthālihā, wa man jāʾa bis-sayyiʾati falā yujzā illā mithlahā wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.¹

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    1. i.e., treated unjustly.

51. قُلۡ إِنَّنِي هَدَىٰنِي رَبِّيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ دِينٗا قِيَمٗا مِّلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفٗاۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٦١

    Qul innanī hadānī rabbī ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīmin dīnan qiyamam millata ibrāhīma ḥanīfā, wa mā kāna minal-mushrikīn.

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated others with Allāh."

52. قُلۡ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحۡيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٢

    Qul inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

    Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

53. لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُۥۖ وَبِذَٰلِكَ أُمِرۡتُ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٦٣

    Lā sharīka lah, wabidhālika umirtu wa ana awwalul-muslimīn.

    No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am the first [among you] of the Muslims."¹

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    1. i.e., those who submit to the will of Allāh.

54. قُلۡ أَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡغِي رَبّٗا وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖۚ وَلَا تَكۡسِبُ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ إِلَّا عَلَيۡهَاۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُم مَّرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١٦٤

    Qul aghayrallāhi abghī rabbaw wa huwa rabbu kulli shayʾ, wa lā taksibu kullu nafsin illā ʿalayhā, wa lā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā, thumma ilā rabbikum marjiʿukum fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūn.

    Say, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire as a lord while He is the Lord of all things? And every soul earns not [blame] except against itself, and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you concerning that over which you used to differ."

55. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَكُمۡ خَلَٰٓئِفَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعۡضَكُمۡ فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٖ دَرَجَٰتٖ لِّيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ فِي مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمُۢ ١٦٥

    Wa huwal-ladhī jaʿalakum khalāʾifal-arḍi wa rafaʿa baʿḍakum fawqa baʿḍin darajātil liyabluwakum fī mā ātākum, inna rabbaka sarīʿul-ʿiqābi wa innahū laghafūrur raḥīm.

    And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓمٓصٓ ١

   Alif Lām Mīm Ṣād.

   Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. كِتَٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِي صَدۡرِكَ حَرَجٞ مِّنۡهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢

   Kitābun unzila ilayka falā yakun fī ṣadrika ḥarajum minhu litundhira bihī wa dhikrā lil-muʾminīn.

   [This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muḥammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

3. ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَۗ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٣

   Ittabiʿū mā unzila ilaykum mir rabbikum wa lā tattabiʿū min dūnihī awliyāʾ, qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn.

   Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

4. وَكَم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأۡسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوۡ هُمۡ قَآئِلُونَ ٤

   Wa kam min qaryatin ahlaknāhā fajāʾahā baʾsunā bayātan aw hum qāʾilūn.

   And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

5. فَمَا كَانَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَهُم بَأۡسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٥

   Famā kāna daʿwāhum idh jāʾahum baʾsunā illā an qālū innā kunnā ẓālimīn.

   And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

6. فَلَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٦

   Falanasʾalannal-ladhīna ursila ilayhim wa lanasʾalannal-mursalīn.

   Then We will surely question those to whom [a message] was sent, and We will surely question the messengers.

7. فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيۡهِم بِعِلۡمٖۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ ٧

   Falanaquṣṣanna ʿalayhim biʿilm, wa mā kunnā ghāʾibīn.

   Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.

8. وَٱلۡوَزۡنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٨

   Wal-waznu yawmaʾidhinil-ḥaqq, faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhū fa ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn.

   And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.

9. وَمَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظۡلِمُونَ ٩

   Wa man khaffat mawāzīnuhū fa ulāʾikal-ladhīna khasirū anfusahum bimā kānū biʾāyātinā yaẓlimūn.

   And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

10. وَلَقَدۡ مَكَّنَّٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَۗ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٠

    Wa laqad makkannākum fil-arḍi wa jaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyish, qalīlam mā tashkurūn.

    And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

11. وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ صَوَّرۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ لَمۡ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ١١

    Wa laqad khalaqnākum thumma ṣawwarnākum thumma qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa lam yakum minas-sājidīn.

    And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He was not of those who prostrated.

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    1. Satan. See footnote to 2:34.

12. قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسۡجُدَ إِذۡ أَمَرۡتُكَۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ١٢

    Qāla mā manaʿaka allā tasjuda idh amartuk, qāla ana khayrum minhu khalaqtanī min nāriw wa khalaqtahū min ṭīn.

    [Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

13. قَالَ فَٱهۡبِطۡ مِنۡهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخۡرُجۡ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ ١٣

    Qāla fahbiṭ minhā famā yakūnu laka an tatakabbara fīhā fakhruj innaka minaṣ-ṣāghirīn.

    [Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise], for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."

14. قَالَ أَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٤

    Qāla anẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

    [Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

15. قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ١٥

    Qāla innaka minal-munẓarīn.

    [Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

16. قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأَقۡعُدَنَّ لَهُمۡ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ ١٦

    Qāla fabimā aghwaytanī laʾaqʿudanna lahum ṣirāṭakal-mustaqīm.

    [Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.

17. ثُمَّ لَأٓتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ وَعَنۡ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمۡۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ شَٰكِرِينَ ١٧

    Thumma laʾātiyannahum mim bayni aydīhim wa min khalfihim wa ʿan aymānihim wa ʿan shamāʾilihim, wa lā tajidu aktharahum shākirīn.

    Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."

18. قَالَ ٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا مَذۡءُومٗا مَّدۡحُورٗاۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٨

    Qālakhruj minhā madhʾūmam madḥūrā, laman tabiʿaka minhum laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minkum ajmaʿīn.

    [Allāh] said, "Depart from it [i.e., Paradise], reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."

19. وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنۡ حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٩

    Wa yāʾādamuskun anta wa zawjukal-jannata fakulā min ḥaythu shiʾtumā wa lā taqrabā hādhihish-shajarata fatakūnā minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

20. فَوَسۡوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِيُبۡدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِيَ عَنۡهُمَا مِن سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنۡ هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيۡنِ أَوۡ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِدِينَ ٢٠

    Fawaswasa lahumash-shayṭānu liyubdiya lahumā mā wūriya ʿanhumā min sawʾātihimā wa qāla mā nahākumā rabbukumā ʿan hādhihish-shajarati illā an takūnā malakayni aw takūnā minal-khālidīn.

    But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."

21. وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ٢١

    Wa qāsamahumā innī lakumā laminan-nāṣiḥīn.

    And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

22. فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٖۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمۡ أَنۡهَكُمَا عَن تِلۡكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ٢٢

    Fadallāhumā bighurūr, falammā dhāqash-shajarata badat lahumā sawʾātuhumā wa ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā miw waraqil-jannah, wa nādāhumā rabbuhumā alam anhakumā ʿan tilkumash-shajarati wa aqul lakumā innash-shayṭāna lakumā ʿaduwwum mubīn.

    So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

23. قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمۡنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمۡ تَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٢٣

    Qālā rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa il lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal-khāsirīn.

    They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

24. قَالَ ٱهۡبِطُواْ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُسۡتَقَرّٞ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٢٤

    Qālahbiṭū baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww, wa lakum fil-arḍi mustaqarruw wa matāʿun ilā ḥīn.

    [Allāh] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time."

25. قَالَ فِيهَا تَحۡيَوۡنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنۡهَا تُخۡرَجُونَ ٢٥

    Qāla fīhā taḥyawna wa fīhā tamūtūna wa minhā tukhrajūn.

    He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

26. يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ قَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ لِبَاسٗا يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَٰتِكُمۡ وَرِيشٗاۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ٢٦

    Yābanī ādama qad anzalnā ʿalaykum libāsay yuwārī sawʾātikum wa rīshā, wa libāsut-taqwā dhālika khayr, dhālika min āyātillāhi laʿallahum yadhdhakkarūn.

    O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh that perhaps they will remember.

27. يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفۡتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخۡرَجَ أَبَوَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنۡهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمۡ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا تَرَوۡنَهُمۡۗ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٧

    Yābanī ādama lā yaftinannakumush-shayṭānu kamā akhraja abawaykum minal-jannati yanziʿu ʿanhumā libāsahumā liyuriyahumā sawʾātihimā, innahū yarākum huwa wa qabīluhū min ḥaythu lā tarawnahum, innā jaʿalnash-shayāṭīna awliyāʾa lil-ladhīna lā yuʾminūn.

    O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing¹ to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.

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    1. The garments of Paradise.

28. وَإِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَٰحِشَةٗ قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٨

    Wa idhā faʿalū fāḥishatan qālū wajadnā ʿalayhā ābāʾanā wallāhu amaranā bihā, qul innallāha lā yaʾmuru bil-faḥshāʾ, ataqūlūna ʿalallāhi mā lā taʿlamūn.

    And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allāh has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allāh does not order immorality. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

29. قُلۡ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَأَقِيمُواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسۡجِدٖ وَٱدۡعُوهُ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمۡ تَعُودُونَ ٢٩

    Qul amara rabbī bil-qisṭ, wa aqīmū wujūhakum ʿinda kulli masjidiw wadʿūhu mukhliṣīna lahud-dīn, kamā badaʾakum taʿūdūn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you direct yourselves [to the Qiblah] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -

30. فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُواْ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٣٠

    Farīqan hadā wa farīqan ḥaqqa ʿalayhimuḍ-ḍalālah, innahumuttakhadhush-shayāṭīna awliyāʾa min dūnillāhi wa yaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn.

    A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.

31. ۞ يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمۡ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسۡجِدٖ وَكُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣١

    Yābanī ādama khudhū zīnatakum ʿinda kulli masjidiw wa kulū washrabū wa lā tusrifū, innahū lā yuḥibbul-musrifīn.

    O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid,¹ and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.

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    1. Literally, "place of prostration," meaning any place that a Muslim prays upon the earth. The term may also refer specifically to a mosque.

32. قُلۡ مَنۡ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزۡقِۚ قُلۡ هِيَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا خَالِصَةٗ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٢

    Qul man ḥarrama zīnatallāhil-latī akhraja liʿibādihī waṭ-ṭayyibāti minar-rizq, qul hiya lil-ladhīna āmanū fil-ḥayātid-dunyā khāliṣatay yawmal-qiyāmah, kadhālika nufaṣṣilul-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

    Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of [i.e., from] Allāh which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believed during the life of this world, exclusively [for them] on the Day of Resurrection." Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.

33. قُلۡ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَٱلۡبَغۡيَ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَن تُشۡرِكُواْ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٣

    Qul innamā ḥarrama rabbiyal-fawāḥisha mā ẓahara minhā wa mā baṭana wal-ithma wal-baghya bighayril-ḥaqqi wa an tushrikū billāhi mā lam yunazzil bihī sulṭānaw wa an taqūlū ʿalallāhi mā lā taʿlamūn.

    Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin,¹ and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allāh that which you do not know."

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    1. Any unlawful deed.

34. وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٞۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ ٣٤

    Walikulli ummatin ajal, fa idhā jāʾa ajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿataw wa lā yastaqdimūn.

    And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].

35. يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأۡتِيَنَّكُمۡ رُسُلٞ مِّنكُمۡ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحَ فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٣٥

    Yābanī ādama immā yaʾtiyannakum rusulum minkum yaquṣṣūna ʿalaykum āyātī famanittaqā wa aṣlaḥa falā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses [i.e., scriptures and laws], then whoever fears Allāh and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

36. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ عَنۡهَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٣٦

    Wal-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā wastakbarū ʿanhā ulāʾika aṣḥābun-nār, hum fīhā khālidūn.

    But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

37. فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوۡ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمۡ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوۡنَهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۖ قَالُواْ ضَلُّواْ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰفِرِينَ ٣٧

    Faman aẓlamu mimmaniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhiban aw kadhdhaba biʾāyātih, ulāʾika yanāluhum naṣībuhum minal-kitāb, ḥattā idhā jāʾathum rusulunā yatawaffawnahum qālū ayna mā kuntum tadʿūna min dūnillāh, qālū ḍallū ʿannā wa shahidū ʿalā anfusihim annahum kānū kāfirīn.

    And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree¹ until, when Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

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    1. What is decreed for them.

38. قَالَ ٱدۡخُلُواْ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ فِي ٱلنَّارِۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتۡ أُمَّةٞ لَّعَنَتۡ أُخۡتَهَاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُواْ فِيهَا جَمِيعٗا قَالَتۡ أُخۡرَىٰهُمۡ لِأُولَىٰهُمۡ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمۡ عَذَابٗا ضِعۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِۖ قَالَ لِكُلّٖ ضِعۡفٞ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٨

    Qāladkhulū fī umamin qad khalat min qablikum minal-jinni wal-insi fin-nār, kullamā dakhalat ummatul laʿanat ukhtahā, ḥattā idhaddārakū fīhā jamīʿan qālat ukhrāhum liʾūlāhum rabbanā hāʾulāʾi aḍallūnā fa ātihim ʿadhāban ḍiʿfam minan-nār, qāla likullin ḍiʿfuw wa lākil lā taʿlamūn.

    [Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister¹ until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them² will say about the first of them,³ "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."

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    1. The nation preceding it.
    2. The followers of evil leaders.
    3. Their leaders.

39. وَقَالَتۡ أُولَىٰهُمۡ لِأُخۡرَىٰهُمۡ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا مِن فَضۡلٖ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡسِبُونَ ٣٩

    Wa qālat ūlāhum liʾukhrāhum famā kāna lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin fadhūqul-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum taksibūn.

    And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

40. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ عَنۡهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمۡ أَبۡوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلۡجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ ٱلۡخِيَاطِۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٤٠

    Innal-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā wastakbarū ʿanhā lā tufattaḥu lahum abwābus-samāʾi wa lā yadkhulūnal-jannata ḥattā yalijal-jamalu fī sammil-khiyāṭ, wa kadhālika najzil-mujrimīn.

    Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

41. لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٞ وَمِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ غَوَاشٖۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤١

    Lahum min jahannama mihāduw wa min fawqihim ghawāsh, wa kadhālika najziẓ-ẓālimīn.

    They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

42. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٤٢

    Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lā nukallifu nafsan illā wusʿahā ulāʾika aṣḥābul-jannah, hum fīhā khālidūn.

    But those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

43. وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلّٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهِمُ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَقَالُواْ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي هَدَىٰنَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهۡتَدِيَ لَوۡلَآ أَنۡ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُۖ لَقَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ وَنُودُوٓاْ أَن تِلۡكُمُ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُورِثۡتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٤٣

    Wa nazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin tajrī min taḥtihimul-anhār, wa qālul-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī hadānā lihādhā wa mā kunnā linahtadiya lawlā an hadānallāh, laqad jāʾat rusulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqq, wa nūdū an tilkumul-jannatu ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment,¹ [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allāh had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."

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    1. i.e., ill will or sense of injury for what was inflicted upon them during worldly life.

44. وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدۡ وَجَدۡنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقّٗا فَهَلۡ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمۡ حَقّٗاۖ قَالُواْ نَعَمۡۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَن لَّعۡنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٤

    Wa nādā aṣḥābul-jannati aṣḥāban-nāri an qad wajadnā mā waʿadanā rabbunā ḥaqqan fahal wajadttum mā waʿada rabbukum ḥaqqā, qālū naʿam, fa adhdhana muʾadhdhinu baynahum al laʿnatullāhi ʿalaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allāh shall be upon the wrongdoers

45. ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجٗا وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ ٤٥

    Al-ladhīna yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāhi wa yabghūnahā ʿiwajaw wa hum bil-ākhirati kāfirūn.

    Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers."

46. وَبَيۡنَهُمَا حِجَابٞۚ وَعَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡرَافِ رِجَالٞ يَعۡرِفُونَ كُلَّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمۡۚ وَنَادَوۡاْ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ لَمۡ يَدۡخُلُوهَا وَهُمۡ يَطۡمَعُونَ ٤٦

    Wa baynahumā ḥijāb, wa ʿalal-aʿrāfi rijāluy yaʿrifūna kullam bisīmāhum, wa nādaw aṣḥābal-jannati an salāmun ʿalaykum, lam yadkhulūhā wa hum yaṭmaʿūn.

    And between them will be a partition [i.e., wall], and on [its] elevations are men¹ who recognize all² by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not [yet] entered it, but they long intensely.

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    1. Those whose scales are balanced between good and evil deeds.
    2. Both the inhabitants of Paradise and those of Hell.

47. ۞ وَإِذَا صُرِفَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تِلۡقَآءَ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجۡعَلۡنَا مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٧

    Wa idhā ṣurifat abṣāruhum tilqāʾa aṣḥābin-nāri qālū rabbanā lā tajʿalnā maʿal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."

48. وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَعۡرَافِ رِجَالٗا يَعۡرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمۡ قَالُواْ مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنكُمۡ جَمۡعُكُمۡ وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٤٨

    Wa nādā aṣḥābul-aʿrāfi rijālay yaʿrifūnahum bisīmāhum qālū mā aghnā ʿankum jamʿukum wa mā kuntum tastakbirūn.

    And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering¹ and [the fact] that you were arrogant."

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    1. i.e., great numbers or gathering of wealth.

49. أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقۡسَمۡتُمۡ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحۡمَةٍۚ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ لَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ تَحۡزَنُونَ ٤٩

    Ahāʾulāʾil-ladhīna aqsamtum lā yanāluhumullāhu biraḥmah, udkhulul-jannata lā khawfun ʿalaykum wa lā antum taḥzanūn.

    [Allāh will say], "Are these¹ the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allāh would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O people of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."

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    1. The humble believers who are now in Paradise. Another interpretation regards them as the people on the elevated partition.

50. وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ أَنۡ أَفِيضُواْ عَلَيۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ أَوۡ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠

    Wa nādā aṣḥābun-nāri aṣḥābal-jannati an afīḍū ʿalaynā minal-māʾi aw mimmā razaqakumullāh, qālū innallāha ḥarramahumā ʿalal-kāfirīn.

    And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allāh has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allāh has forbidden them both to the disbelievers

51. ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمۡ لَهۡوٗا وَلَعِبٗا وَغَرَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَىٰهُمۡ كَمَا نَسُواْ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِهِمۡ هَٰذَا وَمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجۡحَدُونَ ٥١

    Al-ladhīnattakhadhū dīnahum lahwaw wa laʿibaw wa gharrathumul-ḥayātud-dunyā, fal-yawma nansāhum kamā nasū liqāʾa yawmihim hādhā wa mā kānū biʾāyātinā yajḥadūn.

    Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.

52. وَلَقَدۡ جِئۡنَٰهُم بِكِتَٰبٖ فَصَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ هُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٢

    Wa laqad jiʾnāhum bikitābin faṣṣalnāhu ʿalā ʿilmin hudaw wa raḥmatal liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

    And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.

53. هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأۡوِيلَهُۥۚ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِي تَأۡوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبۡلُ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشۡفَعُواْ لَنَآ أَوۡ نُرَدُّ فَنَعۡمَلَ غَيۡرَ ٱلَّذِي كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُۚ قَدۡ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٥٣

    Hal yanẓurūna illā taʾwīlah, yawma yaʾtī taʾwīluhū yaqūlul-ladhīna nasūhu min qablu qad jāʾat rusulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqqi fahal lanā min shufaʿāʾa fayashfaʿū lanā aw nuraddu fanaʿmala ghayral-ladhī kunnā naʿmal, qad khasirū anfusahum wa ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūn.

    Do they await except its result?¹ The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

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    1. The fulfillment of what is promised in the Qur’ān.

54. إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ يُغۡشِي ٱلَّيۡلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطۡلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثٗا وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتِۭ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلۡخَلۡقُ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٥٤

    Inna rabbakumullāhul-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, yughshil-laylan-nahāra yaṭlubuhū ḥathīthaw wash-shamsa wal-qamara wan-nujūma musakhkharātim biʾamrih, alā lahul-khalqu wal-amr, tabārakallāhu rabbul-ʿālamīn.

    Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne.¹ He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

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    1. There are several linguistic meanings of the words "istawā ʿalā," among them: to settle upon, to assume ascendancy above, and to assert authority over. However, it is known that all the attributes of Allāh are eternal, i.e., they have always existed and were present before He created. Thus, it cannot be said that He "rose" above the Throne, as Allāh has always been ascendant. Because the Creator may not be compared to His creation, the Prophet's companions and early scholars refused speculation as to how His actions could be interpreted, considering any such attempt unlawful. Similarly, the true nature of the Throne is known only to Allāh, the Exalted.

55. ٱدۡعُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ تَضَرُّعٗا وَخُفۡيَةًۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَ ٥٥

    Udʿū rabbakum taḍarruʿaw wa khufyah, innahū lā yuḥibbul-muʿtadīn.

    Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.¹

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    1. In supplication or otherwise.

56. وَلَا تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ إِصۡلَٰحِهَا وَٱدۡعُوهُ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعًاۚ إِنَّ رَحۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٥٦

    Wa lā tufsidū fil-arḍi baʿda iṣlāḥihā wadʿūhu khawfaw wa ṭamaʿā, inna raḥmatallāhi qarībum minal-muḥsinīn.

    And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allāh is near to the doers of good.

57. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرۡسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتۡ سَحَابٗا ثِقَالٗا سُقۡنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٖ مَّيِّتٖ فَأَنزَلۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡمَآءَ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٧

    Wa huwal-ladhī yursilur-riyāḥa bushram bayna yaday raḥmatih, ḥattā idhā aqallat saḥāban thiqālan suqnāhu libaladim mayyitin fa anzalnā bihil-māʾa fa akhrajnā bihī min kullith-thamarāt, kadhālika nukhrijul-mawtā laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

    And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall] until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

58. وَٱلۡبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخۡرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِۦۖ وَٱلَّذِي خَبُثَ لَا يَخۡرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَشۡكُرُونَ ٥٨

    Wal-baladuṭ-ṭayyibu yakhruju nabātuhū biʾidhni rabbih, wal-ladhī khabutha lā yakhruju illā nakidā, kadhālika nuṣarriful-āyāti liqawmiy yashkurūn.

    And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.

59. لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥٩

    Laqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihī faqāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhū innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm.

    We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."

60. قَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٦٠

    Qālal-malaʾu min qawmihī innā lanarāka fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."

61. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَيۡسَ بِي ضَلَٰلَةٞ وَلَٰكِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦١

    Qāla yāqawmi laysa bī ḍalālatuw wa lākinnī rasūlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

    [Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

62. أُبَلِّغُكُمۡ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّي وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمۡ وَأَعۡلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦٢

    Uballighukum risālāti rabbī wa anṣaḥu lakum wa aʿlamu minallāhi mā lā taʿlamūn.

    I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allāh what you do not know.

63. أَوَعَجِبۡتُمۡ أَن جَآءَكُمۡ ذِكۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنكُمۡ لِيُنذِرَكُمۡ وَلِتَتَّقُواْ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٦٣

    Awaʿajibtum an jāʾakum dhikrum mir rabbikum ʿalā rajulim minkum liyundhirakum walitattaqū wa laʿallakum turḥamūn.

    Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you and that you may fear Allāh so you might receive mercy?"

64. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَأَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمًا عَمِينَ ٦٤

    Fakadhdhabūhu fa anjaynāhu wal-ladhīna maʿahū fil-fulki wa aghraqnal-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā, innahum kānū qawman ʿamīn.

    But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.¹

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    1. For a more detailed account, see 11:25-48.

65. ۞ وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمۡ هُودٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٦٥

    Wa ilā ʿādin akhāhum hūdā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, afalā tattaqūn.

    And to the ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Then will you not fear Him?"

66. قَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِي سَفَاهَةٖ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٦٦

    Qālal-malaʾul-ladhīna kafarū min qawmihī innā lanarāka fī safāhatiw wa innā lanaẓunnuka minal-kādhibīn.

    Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."

67. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَيۡسَ بِي سَفَاهَةٞ وَلَٰكِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦٧

    Qāla yāqawmi laysa bī safāhatuw wa lākinnī rasūlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

    [Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

68. أُبَلِّغُكُمۡ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّي وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمۡ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ ٦٨

    Uballighukum risālāti rabbī wa ana lakum nāṣiḥun amīn.

    I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.

69. أَوَعَجِبۡتُمۡ أَن جَآءَكُمۡ ذِكۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنكُمۡ لِيُنذِرَكُمۡۚ وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَعَلَكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ قَوۡمِ نُوحٖ وَزَادَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡخَلۡقِ بَصۜۡطَةٗۖ فَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ٦٩

    Awaʿajibtum an jāʾakum dhikrum mir rabbikum ʿalā rajulim minkum liyundhirakum, wadhkurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāʾa mim baʿdi qawmi nūḥiw wa zādakum fil-khalqi baṣṭah, fadhkurū ālāʾallāhi laʿallakum tufliḥūn.

    Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allāh that you might succeed."

70. قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِنَعۡبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧٠

    Qālū ajiʾtanā linaʿbudallāha waḥdahū wa nadhara mā kāna yaʿbudu ābāʾunā faʾtinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

    They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allāh alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us,¹ if you should be of the truthful."

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    1. i.e., Allāh's punishment.

71. قَالَ قَدۡ وَقَعَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ رِجۡسٞ وَغَضَبٌۖ أَتُجَٰدِلُونَنِي فِيٓ أَسۡمَآءٖ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٖۚ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ إِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُنتَظِرِينَ ٧١

    Qāla qad waqaʿa ʿalaykum mir rabbikum rijsuw wa ghaḍab, atujādilūnanī fī asmāʾin sammaytumūhā antum wa ābāʾukum mā nazzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān, fantaẓirū innī maʿakum minal-muntaẓirīn.

    [Hūd] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them,¹ you and your fathers, for which Allāh has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."

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    1. The false objects of worship which you have called "gods."

72. فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعۡنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاۖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٢

    Fa anjaynāhu wal-ladhīna maʿahū biraḥmatim minnā wa qaṭaʿnā dābiral-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā, wa mā kānū muʾminīn.

    So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.

73. وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٧٣

    Wa ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, qad jāʾatkum bayyinatum mir rabbikum, hādhihī nāqatullāhi lakum āyah, fadharūhā taʾkul fī arḍillāh, wa lā tamassūhā bisūʾin fayaʾkhudhakum ʿadhābun alīm.

    And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

74. وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَعَلَكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عَادٖ وَبَوَّأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورٗا وَتَنۡحِتُونَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ بُيُوتٗاۖ فَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ٧٤

    Wadhkurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāʾa mim baʿdi ʿādiw wa bawwaʾakum fil-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūraw wa tanḥitūnal-jibāla buyūtā, fadhkurū ālāʾallāhi wa lā taʿthaw fil-arḍi mufsidīn.

    And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

75. قَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ لِمَنۡ ءَامَنَ مِنۡهُمۡ أَتَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَٰلِحٗا مُّرۡسَلٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنُونَ ٧٥

    Qālal-malaʾul-ladhīnastakbarū min qawmihī lil-ladhīnastuḍʿifū liman āmana minhum ataʿlamūna anna ṣāliḥam mursalum mir rabbih, qālū innā bimā ursila bihī muʾminūn.

    Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Ṣāliḥ is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."

76. قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٧٦

    Qālal-ladhīnastakbarū innā bil-ladhī āmantum bihī kāfirūn.

    Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."

77. فَعَقَرُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَقَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٧٧

    Faʿaqarun-nāqata wa ʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim wa qālū yāṣāliḥuʾtinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta minal-mursalīn.

    So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

78. فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمۡ جَٰثِمِينَ ٧٨

    Fa akhadhathumur-rajfatu fa aṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīn.

    So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

79. فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُمۡ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحۡتُ لَكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ٧٩

    Fatawallā ʿanhum wa qāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālata rabbī wa naṣaḥtu lakum wa lākil lā tuḥibbūnan-nāṣiḥīn.

    And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

80. وَلُوطًا إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

    Wa lūṭan idh qāla liqawmihī ataʾtūnal-fāḥishata mā sabaqakum bihā min aḥadim minal-ʿālamīn.

    And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds [i.e., peoples]?

81. إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهۡوَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّسۡرِفُونَ ٨١

    Innakum lataʾtūnar-rijāla shahwatam min dūnin-nisāʾ, bal antum qawmum musrifūn.

    Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

82. وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَخۡرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرۡيَتِكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُمۡ أُنَاسٞ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ٨٢

    Wa mā kāna jawāba qawmihī illā an qālū akhrijūhum min qaryatikum, innahum unāsuy yataṭahharūn.

    But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

83. فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتۡ مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٨٣

    Fa anjaynāhu wa ahlahū illamraʾatahū kānat minal-ghābirīn.

    So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].

84. وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٨٤

    Wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭarā, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mujrimīn.

    And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

85. وَإِلَىٰ مَدۡيَنَ أَخَاهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ فَأَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بَعۡدَ إِصۡلَٰحِهَاۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٥

    Wa ilā madyana akhāhum shuʿaybā, qāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, qad jāʾatkum bayyinatum mir rabbikum, fa awful-kayla wal-mīzāna wa lā tabkhasun-nāsa ashyāʾahum wa lā tufsidū fil-arḍi baʿda iṣlāḥihā, dhālikum khayrul lakum in kuntum muʾminīn.

    And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

86. وَلَا تَقۡعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٖ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجٗاۚ وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ كُنتُمۡ قَلِيلٗا فَكَثَّرَكُمۡۖ وَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٨٦

    Wa lā taqʿudū bikulli ṣirāṭin tūʿidūna wa taṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāhi man āmana bihī wa tabghūnahā ʿiwajā, wadhkurū idh kuntum qalīlan fakaththarakum, wanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mufsidīn.

    And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allāh those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.

87. وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٞ مِّنكُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٞ لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ فَٱصۡبِرُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَحۡكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيۡنَنَاۚ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨٧

    Wa in kāna ṭāʾifatum minkum āmanū bil-ladhī ursiltu bihī wa ṭāʾifatul lam yuʾminū faṣbirū ḥattā yaḥkumallāhu baynanā, wa huwa khayrul-ḥākimīn.

    And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allāh judges between us. And He is the best of judges."